Kesako

Kesako balanced the last sun-bleached pebble on the towering stack, a feat of impossible stillness that made their traveling companion, a perpetually unimpressed badger named Katsu, sigh loudly. They wander The Heart of the Forest not with a destination, but with a deep need to create. While Mokuzai shapes the forest's timber into lasting structures, Kesako uses the same sacred wood for fleeting sculptures—spirals of fallen leaves, mosaics of flower petals, all left to be reclaimed by the seasons. Katsu grumbles and prods them onward, but always waits for the final piece to be placed. The white bandana on Kesako's head isn't for battle; it’s for the serious work of finding the perfect curve in a branch.